CASE STUDY
SAMA,Aligned Cloud Foundation
Banking & Government Sector
Establishment of a structured AWS cloud foundation aligned with regulatory requirements, enabling secure, audit-ready operations for a regulated banking environment.
Financial institutions operating under the SAMA Cloud Computing Regulatory Framework must align cloud environments with strict regulatory and national cybersecurity requirements.
Cloud adoption in regulated banking environments requires structured account segmentation, identity governance, audit logging, encryption enforcement, and region control ,designed to support regulatory review and operational resilience.
60%
Reduction in
manual audit
100%
Regulated workloads
3 Weeks
From design to sign off
Architectural Challenge
Move faster on cloud without ever falling out of line with SAMA and NCA.
Banking cloud environments often expand across multiple accounts and workloads. Without a structured foundation:
- Security controls become inconsistent
- Identity governance is fragmented.
- Logging and monitoring lack centralization.
- Audit evidence requires manual preparation.
- Configuration drift introduces regulatory exposure.
The core challenge is translating regulatory control requirements into enforceable, repeatable cloud architecture patterns.
Platform Architecture Approach
The cloud foundation architecture incorporates
Multi-account AWS landing zone design
Mandatory encryption and key management controls
Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) guardrails
Centralized identity and access governance
Centralized logging and monitoring across environments
Region and network boundary enforcement aligned with regulatory expectations
Regulatory control requirements are mapped to technical configurations to ensure enforcement by design rather than reactive remediation.
Operational Controls & Governance
To support regulatory alignment, the platform includes:
- Automated logging retention and traceability .
- Configuration monitoring and drift detection .
- Segregation of duties across accounts .
- Documented control mappings between regulatory requirements and cloud controls .
- Structured operational runbooks.
Compliance remains the responsibility of the regulated entity; the architecture is designed to support those obligations through enforceable technical controls .
Platform Outcomes
The resulting cloud foundation provides:
- Standardized control enforcement across environments .
- Improved audit readiness through centralized visibility.
- Reduced manual configuration variance.
- Structured governance embedded into operations.
- A scalable foundation supporting regulated workloads.
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